phoney

phoney
    adj 1: fraudulent; having a misleading appearance [syn: {bogus},
           {fake}, {phony}, {phoney}, {bastard}]
    n 1: a person who professes beliefs and opinions that he or she
         does not hold in order to conceal his or her real feelings
         or motives [syn: {hypocrite}, {dissembler}, {dissimulator},
         {phony}, {phoney}, {pretender}]
    

phoney \pho"ney\ (f[=o]"n[=e]), a. [Also spelled {phony}.]
   [Compar. {phonier}; superl. {phoniest}.]
   1. Imitating something superior; intended to deceive;
      fraudulent; having a misleading appearance; not genuine;
      false; counterfeit; fake; as, a phoney diamond; a phoney
      hundred-dollar bill.

   Syn: bogus, counterfeit, fake, ersatz; fraudulent; false.
        [PJC]

   2. Pretending to be other than one is; putting on false
      appearances; insincere; hypocritical; -- of people.
      [PJC]
    

phoney \pho"ney\ (f[=o]"n[=e]), n.
   Something or someone that is phoney. [Also spelled {phony}.]
   [PJC]
    

phony \pho"ny\ (f[=o]"n[=e]), a. [Also spelled {phoney}.]
   [Compar. {phonier}; superl. {phoniest}.]
   1. imitating something superior; intended to deceive;
      fraudulent; having a misleading appearance; not genuine;
      counterfeit; fake; as, a phony diamond; a phony
      hundred-dollar bill.

   Syn: phoney, bogus, counterfeit, fake.
        [PJC]

   2. Pretending to be other than one is; putting on false
      appearances; insincere; hypocritical; -- of people.
      [PJC]
    

phony \pho"ny\ (f[=o]"n[=e]), n.
   Something or someone that is phony. [Also spelled {phoney}.]
   [PJC]
    

35 Moby Thesaurus words for "phoney":
      artificial, bogus, charlatan, counterfeit, counterfeiter,
      deceitful, deceiver, dishonest, double-dealer, ersatz, factitious,
      fake, faker, false, forgery, fraud, fraudulent, hoax, humbug,
      hypocritical, imitation, impostor, insincere, mock, mountebank,
      paste, phony, pretended, pretender, quack, sham, spurious,
      synthetic, trickster, unreal